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Maids contribute more to economy than mining By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga
BUTUAN City––Do you know that Filipino housemaids’ collective contribution to the country’s economy surpassed that of the mining industry last year? According to local research group Ibon Foundation, Inc., in 2011, Filipino household workers in the Philippines and abroad contributed at least P167.4 billion in services and remittances to the economy far exceeding that of the mining industry’s P122,1 billion in gross production value. Ibon said in a statement, “While labor export and low-paying jobs manifest severe jobs scarcity in the country, household help contributes more to the economy than mining in highlighting how problematic the export-oriented and liberal mining industry is
2 inmates escaped from jail By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor-Caraga with JOEL PORTUGAL Correspondent
BUTUAN City––Two kidnapping suspects escaped from the Surigao del Sur District Jail in Tandag City early dawn on Sunday. Authorities identified the escapees as Joebert Perez alias Ondo, 33, of Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur and Babring Tejero, 35, of Lianga, Surigao del Sur. Aside from kidnapping, Perez is facing serious illegal detention and robbery in band charges while Tejero is JAIL/PAGE 7
in the country.” Ibon said that one of the reasons household helps contribute larger to the economy is that there are 15 times more Filipinos who work as domestic household workers than employed in the mining industry. Ibon noted that there were 3.25 million domestic help employed in the country and abroad in 2011 compared to only 211,000 Filipinos employed in the mining industry. Cai Ordinario of Business World quoted Ibon’s study, “Mining firms do not just employ fewer people but at most give only short-term
benefits to local communities which last only as long as mines are operating.” Ibon also said mining causes the long-term loss of Philippine mineral resources and this is irreversible and does not provide any value added to impact the local manufacturing industry. The research group said benefitting from the sector fully could only happened if the country has a domestic industry that processes minerals. These processed minerals can then be used as inputs for manufacturing higher value intermediate and final goods. Currently, mining firms extract the country’s mineral resources and export these minerals. In 2011, mining exported USD44.3 million or P88.5 billion equivalent to 89 percent gross valueadded (GVA), Ibon said. MINING/PAGE 7
FATHER AND SON. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano confers with his son Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano, the congressman of the second district of Misamis Oriental, on the sidelight of an activity sponsored by both officials. The two are leading the Padayon Pilipino political party in the next elections, with the latter gunning for the governorship of the province. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
Normin’s exports breach $1-b mark
WEATHER UPDATE INTERTROPICAL Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Mindanao. Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms. The rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Light to moderate winds blowing from the east to southeast will prevail over Northern Luzon and coming from the east over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate.
By MIKE BAÑOS, Correspondent
source: pagasa
Studes slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL of Bulatlat.com
First of two-part series IN times when prices continue to increase, another hike in tuition is a heavy burden for parents and students. Based on the monitoring of the National Union of
Students of the Philippines (NUSP), the largest alliance of student councils in the country, about 400 schools are proposing tuition increases ranging from 10 to 15 percent, not including other miscellaneous fees. “At a time when Filipinos
are being assaulted by various price increases of basic necessities, the government should try to find ways to alleviate the burden on expenses like education,” said Isabelle Therese Baguisi, NUSP secretary general. “It is heartbreaking when so many young people are TUITION/PAGE 7
CAGAYAN de Oro––Exports from Northern Mindanao breached the US$1-Billion mark for 2011, thanks to a strong fourth quarter finishing kick from coconut-based products. Records from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 10 show exports from the region totaled US$1,064.51-billion, and 14.85 percent increase from the 2010 total of US$926.91-million. “Coconut based products like coconut oil, oleochemicals and dessicated coconut are still the region’s top exports, and contributed 61.42 percent of the regional total in the fourth quarter and 64.21 percent for the year,” said National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Regional Director Leon M. Dacanay Jr. for Northern Mindanao during a recent media briefing. “Other top annual exports included processed foods, sugar and sugar cane products and other resource based products,” added Mr. Dacanay. Despite a 13.74 percent decline from 2011, exports of crude/refined/cochin coconut oil remained the top EXPORTS/PAGE 7
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